Michael Tippett (1905-1998)

Conductor

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Twenty Century English Songs

LP (1) ARGO - ZRG 5439


Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Schubert : Lieder; Britten : On this Island, Folksongs; Wolf : Lieder & Others

CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8015-2


Franz Schubert : Atys, D 585
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Abendstern, D 806
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Auflösung, D 807
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Ganymed, D 544
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Nähe des Geliebten, D 162
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : An die Entfernte, D 765
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Musensohn, D 764
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : On this Island, op. 11
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°13, Im Frühling
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°43, Lied eines Verliebten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°39, Denk es, o Seele !
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°37, Heimweh
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°51, Bei einer Traung
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°4, Jägerlied
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°11, An eine Äolsharfe
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Songs in As You Like It and Twelfth Night - Under the greenwood tree
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Songs in As You Like It and Twelfth Night - Come away death
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Roger Quilter : Shakespeare songs - O mistress mine, op. 6/2
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Roger Quilter : Shakespeare songs - Fear no more the heat o' the sun, op. 23/1
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Warlock : Take, O take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel - Come unto these yellow sands for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Sir Peter Pears : The Land of Lost Content

CD (1) BELART - 461 5502 10


John Ireland : The Land of Lost Content
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

John Ireland : The Trellis
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : 'Tis but a week
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Goldenhair
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : When you are old
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : So Perverse
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Journey's End
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Aldeburgh Festival, 1953

LP (1) DECCA - LXT 2798, in search


William Byrd : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Theme for String Orchestra, arr. Imogen Holst "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Arthur Oldham : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 1, Allegro non troppo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Michael Tippett : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 2, A Lament, Andante espressivo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Lennox Berkeley : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 3, Andante for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 4, Quick and Gay for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Humphrey Searle : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 5, Nocturne, Adagio for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

William Walton : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 6, Finale, Presto giocoso for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Alfred - Ode in honor of Great Britain, Masque "Rule Britannia"
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : O Lord, grant the Queen a long life
Alfred Deller (Alto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Norman Lumsden (Bass)
Ralph Downes (Organ)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Fairy prince - Now all the air shall ring, Masque
Arda Mandikian (Soprano); Gladys Whitred (Soprano)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Aldeburgh Festival, 1953

LP (1) DECCA - LONDON - LL 808, in search


William Byrd : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Theme for String Orchestra, arr. Imogen Holst "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Arthur Oldham : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 1, Allegro non troppo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Michael Tippett : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 2, A Lament, Andante espressivo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Lennox Berkeley : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 3, Andante for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 4, Quick and Gay for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Humphrey Searle : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 5, Nocturne, Adagio for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

William Walton : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 6, Finale, Presto giocoso for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Alfred - Ode in honor of Great Britain, Masque "Rule Britannia"
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : O Lord, grant the Queen a long life
Alfred Deller (Alto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Norman Lumsden (Bass)
Ralph Downes (Organ)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Fairy prince - Now all the air shall ring, Masque
Arda Mandikian (Soprano); Gladys Whitred (Soprano)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Tippett : Boyhood's End, The Heart's Assurance, Songs for Ariel

CD (1) EMI CLASSICS - British Composers - 85150-2


Michael Tippett : Boyhood’s End, Cantata for tenor and piano
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1952

Michael Tippett : The Heart’s Assurance, Song cycle for high voice and piano
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1952

Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Michael Tippett : Quartet for String n°2 in F-Sharp Major
Amadeus String Quartet
1954/05/19, 1954/05/21 & 1954/05/24 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Remebering Tippett

CD (1) NMC - Archive Series - D103


Michael Tippett : Sonata for Piano n°1 "Fantasy"
Phyllis Sellick (Piano)
1941 - Decca Studios, London, England

Michael Tippett : Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Walter Goehr Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr, supervised by Benjamin Britten
1943 (Summer) - Levy’s Sound Studios, 73 New Bond St, London, England

Michael Tippett : Quartet for String n°2 in F-Sharp Major
Zorian String Quartet
1947/12/18 to 1947/12/20 - Decca Studios, London, England

Thomas Tallis : Spem in alium, 40-part motet
Morley College Choir conducted by Michael Tippett
1948/10/07 - HMV Abbey Road Studios, London, England

Britten : The Age of Gold

CD (1) PEARL - GEM 0227


Franz Schubert : Auf dem Strom, D 943
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1953/01/28 - BBC Studios, London, England

Ludwig van Beethoven : An die ferne Geliebte
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1953/01/28 - BBC Studios, London, England

Paul Hindemith : Sonata for Horn and Piano
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1953/01/28 - BBC Studios, London, England

Michael Tippett : The Heart’s Assurance, Song cycle for high voice and piano
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1953/01/28 - BBC Studios, London, England

Frank Martin : Six monologues from Hoffmannsthal's Jedermann - n°1, 2, 3 & 6
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1948/01/09

Tippett : Symphony n°4

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Michael Tippett : Symphony n°4
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis
2005/08/19, Proms - Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Variation on an Elizabethan Theme; Britten : Suite from Gloriana

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William Byrd : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Theme for String Orchestra, arr. Imogen Holst "Sellinger's round"
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany

Arthur Oldham : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 1, Allegro non troppo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany

Michael Tippett : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 2, A Lament, Andante espressivo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany

Lennox Berkeley : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 3, Andante for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany

Benjamin Britten : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 4, Quick and Gay for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany

Humphrey Searle : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 5, Nocturne, Adagio for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany

William Walton : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 6, Finale, Presto giocoso for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany

Benjamin Britten : Gloriana, Symphonic Suite from the Opera for Orchestra and Tenor Solo (ad lib.), op. 53a
Peter Pears (Tenor)
SWF Symphonie Orchester conducted by Benjamin Britten
1956/12 - Germany